Moonbeam Children's Book Awards 2012

The Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards are presented by the Independent Publisher to honour North America's best children’s books, authors and illustrators. As their logo states, these selections celebrate "youthful curiosity, discovery and learning through books and reading." In 38 categories (with an additional 5 Spirit Awards), these children's books represent the publishing efforts of main-stream publishers as well as small presses, and even those of self-publishers.

On October 3, 4 and 5, 2012, the Moonbeam Children's Book Award winners were announced.

Congratulations to our Canadian authors, illustrators and publishers who were awarded Moonbeam Children's Book Awards for 2012. They include the following titles in twelve different categories:


Picture Book: Preschool
GOLD
Picture My Day
by Séverine Cordier
Illustrated by Cynthia Lacroix 
(Owlkids Books)








Picture Book: Ages 4-8
GOLD
Little Lamb, Have You Any Wool? 
by Isabel Minhós Martins
Illustrated by Yara Kono
Translated by Maureen de Sousa
(Owlkids Books)






Pre-teen Fiction: General

GOLD
Run Marco Run 
by Norma Charles 
(Ronsdale Press)

My review







Pre-teen Fiction: Historical/Cultural

GOLD
Outcasts of River Falls
by Jacqueline Guest
(Coteau Books for Kids)

SILVER
Day of the Cyclone (Disaster Strikes #7)
by Penny Draper
(Coteau Books for Kids) 

 







Young Adult Fiction: General

GOLD
The Green-Eyed Queen of Suicide City 
by Kevin Marc Fournier
(Great Plains Teen Fiction)








Young Adult Fiction: Fantasy/Sci-Fi
GOLD
Edge of Time 
by Susan M. MacDonald 
(Breakwater Books)









Young Adult Fiction: Historical/Cultural

BRONZE
Freedom Bound 
by Jean Rae Baxter
(Ronsdale Press)









Young Adult Fiction: Mature Issues
GOLD
How to Tend a Grave 
by Jocelyn Shipley
(Great Plains Teen Fiction)

My review

BRONZE (tie) 
Girl Fight
by Faye Harnest
(James Lorimer & Company Ltd.)










Children's Poetry

BRONZE
And the Crowd Goes Wild! A Global Gathering of Sports Poems
Edited by Carol-Ann Hoyte  and Heidi Bee Roemer
Illustrated by Kevin Sylvester
(FriesenPress)

My review





Religion/Spirituality 
SILVER (tie) 
Beliefs & Religions Around the World 
by Judy Kirton
Illustrated by Val Lawton
(Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing)








Health Issues

SILVER (tie)
The Gathering Tree
 by Larry Loyie with Constance Brissenden
Illustrated by Heather D. Holmlund
(Theytus Books)









 Mind-Body-Spirit/Self-Esteem
BRONZE (tie) 
Bee Yourself
by Kerry Sather
Illustrated by David Mark
(Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing)